By Anas Abbas
Fear has enveloped residents of Zango Biyu in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State following the gruesome killing of two children in separate incidents over the weekend.
The daily post gathered that the first victim, five-year-old Muhammad Gambo, was found dead on Sunday morning.
Eyewitnesses said his mother had sent him to a nearby shop to buy powder worth ₦50, but the shopkeeper turned him away because the money was insufficient.
Instead of returning home, Muhammad reportedly set out for his grandparents’ house but was ambushed on the way.
A community member, Laminu Ahmad, described the shocking discovery.
“His mother sent him to buy powder, but the shopkeeper rejected the money. On his way to his grandparents’ house, some wicked people stopped him and slaughtered him like a ram,” Ahmad said.
He added that many residents suspect the killing was ritual-related.
“We suspect ritualists because there was no blood on the ground. They must have collected it in a bowl and even cleaned the knife before fleeing,” he lamented.
While the community was still mourning Muhammad, tragedy struck again.
A 13-year-old girl, Fatima Sule, was found dead in her family’s residence at Dandinshe Quarters, Dala Local Government Area.
Witnesses said she was strangled, her neck broken, and her body hanged on a window.
Her distraught mother told reporters that she had left her children at home and asked them to join their elder sister later.
“Before I returned, I received a call that Fatima had been killed,” she said in tears.
The back-to-back killings, which occurred between Saturday and Sunday, have left residents in shock and fear, as such incidents are unprecedented in the area.
The Kano State Police Command reportedly allowed the immediate burial of the victims after preliminary investigations.
Security operatives have since launched a manhunt for the culprits.
Efforts to reach the command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, were unsuccessful, as his phone was switched off at the time of filing this report.